XPRIZE 10th Anniversary Photo-Book: No One Was Closer To So Much Of The Action…. And This Amazing Book Allows YOU The Same Access!

To Aviation Journalist and experienced Test Pilot, Jim Campbell, a bird’s eye view to adventure was a major part of his life… but little did he know that a chance meeting with revolutionary innovator, XPRIZE Founder Dr. Peter H Diamandis, would not only offer him some extraordinary sights, sounds and vistas, but challenge him personally and professionally to share the inspiring story of the extraordinary people and events that surrounded him.

In the upcoming 160 page, lavishly illustrated, four color photo-book documenting this amazing experience, Campbell’s “Beyond The Blue,” provides unparalleled access to one of the most extraordinary periods in man’s quest to reach for and beyond the stars.

“I am so proud of this book. It is an incredible telling of the Ansari XPRIZE story and the journey to creating this breakthrough competition,” said Dr. Diamandis. “This book will hopefully allow more people to understand the impact this competition had on the space travel industry.”

As a pivotal member of the massive XPRIZE team and community, Campbell’s insider access and ever-present Canon cameras allowed him to catalog thousands of images, witness hundreds of incredible stories, and meet the kind of people who could not only change the world, but were well on the way to doing so.

The summer of 2014 marks the beginning of a celebration of the pivotal first decade of innovation and world-changing activism on the part of the XPRIZE community. From the momentous June 21st, 2004 sub-orbital proving flight of Mike Melvill in the Burt Rutan-designed SpaceShipOne, to the actual spaceflights that won the 10 million dollar Ansari XPRIZE on to the earliest test flights of the Zero-Gravity Corporation and the Rocket Racing League and the heady, lofty days of the XPRIZE Cup, the start of the Google Lunar XPRIZE and the emotional journey of Professor Steven Hawking into the realm of weightless flight, ‘Beyond The Blue’ lays it all out with the kind of visual impact that is second only to having been there one’s self.

Through Campbell’s lens and narrative, you can fly formation with SpaceShipOne on the way to and from space, float in Zero-G with Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Professor Steven Hawking, fuel a Rocket Racer for a public demo flight, run for cover as a robotic rocket aborts a test flight, celebrate one of the 21st centuries most amazing competitions (and the extraordinary people who made it happen)… and feel truly confident that a future in space is available… to those who dream big.

The high quality 10” x 10” hardcover, four color, 160 page photo-book will be made available through Aero-News, XPRIZE, Kindred Spirit Press, and other outlets this summer.

FMI: Kindred Spirit Press, Inc., POB 3773, St. Augustine, FL, 32085. 863-299-8680. www.kindredspirit.com, www.xprize.org